UK Technology Newswire Archive
BBC journalists vote to strike over compulsory redundancies
18-03-2009 01:16
News just out - of the poll result.Only Entrepreneurs without Conscience support agrofuels
17-03-2009 17:11
Feigned Indignation: Of marauding exploiters, their “ethical qualms,” and a new
16-03-2009 02:53
Therefore, we can once again look to the holy trinity of science, technology, and capitalism for our salvation. Interspecies chimeras, laboratory-created genetic crosses between two unique animal species, can rain “meat” down upon us like manna from heaven. Since 2003, researchers have successfully formed chimeric embryos by fusing human animals with three different nonhuman animals: rabbits, sheep, and cows.Goodbye Oil: LPP receives $1.2 million to test clean, cheap Fusion Power
12-03-2009 13:05
Yes we can... We can stop global warming without reducing industrial output.ITT Corp Pay $1.8 Million Fine Get Off Bribery Charges
04-03-2009 20:18
...Thousands of activists shutting down coal plant in Washington, D.C.
04-03-2009 16:42
A shout out to the 12,000 green activists who are defying the coal industry and the politicians in Washington D.C. by blocking the entrance to the coal plant today! Check it out -- it's streaming live on the commondreams.com website! They/we are the real hope/change, not Obama!The police need help, but they're frightened to ask
28-02-2009 18:25
The article below taken from the Torygraph demonstrates the justifications the police aim to use in order to back moves to give them full access to all digital communications and insist on full data retention. This obviously has relevance to the recent indymedia server seizure and the arrest that followed."Erik and Sons" Hacked!
27-02-2009 22:36
Nazi webstore hacked! Data of customers accessed and available to download!Translation from German Indymedia
http://de.indymedia.org/2009/02/242765.shtml
Manchester Hungry For Civil Liberties Discussion
26-02-2009 01:48
Mass Surveillance
25-02-2009 17:09
In July 2001 the European Parliament compiled a report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system) (2001/2098(INI). The report concluded that a global system for intercepting communications exists and that what is important, is that its purpose is to intercept private and commercial communications, and not military communications.Reduce Repair Reuse Recycle - Transforming Oil Rigs into Eco-Resorts
21-02-2009 16:03
Once we complete the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, there’ll be a lot of unused oil rigs sitting around. One architecture firm, the Morris design team, already has an idea that’s making waves: turning them into oceanic eco-resorts. Their ‘Rig Hotel’ concept reuses an abandoned oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, transforming it into a luxury resort offering amenities like boating, snorkeling, and diving as well as acting as a destination for conferences and business meetings.
The biggest online portal in Azerbaijan- day.az- was shut down today
20-02-2009 22:49
Today, Azerbaijan saw yet again, how far the government can go in its quest for achieving full power over freedom of speech in this country."The site was closed for reconstruction work and will resume its work in a week" stated Anar Mammedxanov, a parliament member in his official statement on the closer of one of hte biggest news portals in Azerbaijan in Russuan and English languages- www.day.az (www.today.az).
Get off the internet, I'll see you in the streets!
20-02-2009 20:28
A bunch of reports today talk about the harmful effects of so-called social networking websites and how infact they isolate and separate people. When reading this it might be worth substituting some of the websites and concepts with things closer to home for users of this site and analysis what role activist sites such as indymedia really have in bringing forward the revolution or advancing radical struggle. The article quoted below suggests that social networking sites do the opposite of what they claim, could the same be true across the board.PA calls for DIME bombs to be tried as war crime
18-02-2009 14:15
After several doctor's reports of unusual wounds and over 500 amputations in the recent war in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of using and testing new, horrific weapons, including DIME bombs, and has urged the International Criminal Court in The Hague to try Israel for the use of these weapons as war crimes.Waterford occupiers keep factory alive
15-02-2009 03:45
Noel is part of a group of workers who are keeping the Waterford Crystal flame burning.He is among a dozen who make sure that 18 tonnes of molten glass continue to be produced by the plant’s furnace every 24 hours.
The furnace must stay working for production at the factory to continue.
If the furnace stops, the glass will solidify and the repairs would cost 8 million euros.
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NSA offering 'billions' for Skype eavesdrop solution
14-02-2009 00:29
News of a possible viable business model for P2P VoIP network Skype emerged today, at the Counter Terror Expo in London. An industry source disclosed that America's supersecret National Security Agency (NSA) is offering "billions" to any firm which can offer reliable eavesdropping on Skype IM and voice traffic.What science issue shall we talk about?
13-02-2009 18:02
Select committees are almost the only place in parliament where MPs actually do what you’d naively hope they do all the time: sit down, hear a lot of evidence on an important issue, and then have a good hard think about it. The Science and Technology committee in particular have produced some fascinating and readable documents over the years. The report on the abortion act offered transparent, evidence based policy advice, package up in a very good piece of accessible popular science writing. (It also ended with a memorable tantrum from some christians). The House of Lords equivalent, meanwhile, did a very good piece of work on the public understanding of science in 2000, during the aftermath of GM and BSE.Now SciTech has merged into DIUS, and they are asking us, which means you and me, “the public”, for topics that deserve a good hard think.
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A Technical Guide to Anonymous Posting
13-02-2009 16:32
Recent events have got people talking and thinking about security implications of using indymedia or other online publishing outlets. Below is a guide to how to implement security measures for hiding your identity online.The Severn Barrage: It's All About The Money
13-02-2009 13:41
Do you really think that environmental arguments have a hope in hell's chance of stopping the Severn Barrage becoming reality? This is not about renewable energy, this is about money.Police bail sysadmin in animal rights extremism probe
10-02-2009 22:01
Here is the latest from the register about the arrest related to the latest imc server seizure. The arrested man is a sys admin who hosted several servers including the indymedia server. Apparently this is enough to get you held for 8 hours and bail conditions. But the comments get it - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/indymedia/comments/